12Feb UCR Metallurgist Available to Speak About the Science of Black Panther

The latest Marvel Studios film, “Black Panther,” will be released nationwide on Friday, Feb 16. Suveen Mathaudhu, an assistant professor of materials science and mechanical engineering at the University of California, Riverside,…

01Feb New UC Riverside Research Advances Spintronics Technology

Engineers at the University of California, Riverside, have reported advances in so-called “spintronic” devices that will help lead to a new technology for computing and data storage. They have developed methods to detect signals from…

25Jan Using High Pressure to Study Material’s Properties and Innovate Multi-functional Materials

Prof. Chen Li’s research group in the Mechanical Engineering Department is using high pressure as a tool to (1) understand the physics of fundamental excitations in the materials; (2) tune the properties of existing energy...

19Jan Understanding the Physical Phenomena in Recent SoCal Wildfires

Disastrous fires like the Thomas Fire (the largest fire in California’s history) are expected to continue impacting the state. Did you know that researchers at UC Riverside Department of Mechanical Engineering have been committed to…

31Oct The “Sikh Captain America” to Speak at UC Riverside

The University of California, Riverside’s Asian Pacific Student Programs will host “Superheroes, Turbans, and New Cultural Narratives,” a lecture with cartoonist, writer, and artist Vishavjit Singh on Thursday, Nov. 3 in HUB 302.

ME Assistant Professor Elisa Franco has been awarded Department of Energy(DOE) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) grants that total nearly $1 million. The DOE has awarded a $599,000 collaborative grant over three years…

25Feb Two Vortex Trails With One Stroke

UC Riverside researchers propose that while hovering the hummingbird produces two trails of vortices — one under each wing per stroke — that help generate the aerodynamic forces required for the bird to power and control its flight.